Least Surprising New Anime Announcement: Tegami Bachi

I only
had to see the cover art for Hiroyuki Asada's Tegami Bachi (Letter
Bee) once before I knew it'd do well. I heard the story line-- a tale
set in a sci-fi/fantasy world where it's always night and the
planet's only light comes from an artificial sun, and a young boy
named Lag acts as letter-carrier, entrusted with peoples' hearts and
dreams –and was pretty sure we'd see an anime version eventually,
too.

And
eventually we did, in the form of a 30-minute short created as part
of a special event for Jump Sq., the manga anthology that serialized
the manga. The anime probably functioned as a test to see how well
the show would do overall, because a full TV anime is now reportedly
in the works and due out this fall.

That
said, I'm not totally thrilled with how the anime looks in comparison
to the manga's style, so I'm going to throw a bunch of images from
the manga here for your viewing pleasure (though I'm still excited for the anime version). Enjoy!

I absolutely LOVE this series. I recall hearing about it sometime last year and decided to start reading it. Both the artwork and storyline impressed me so much, I'm looking forward to watching the anime as well.